Kerlin Gallery is a commercial contemporary art gallery in Dublin, Ireland. Originally opened in 1988, it is located on Anne's Lane (off South Anne Street) in Dublin city centre.
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| Established | 1988 |
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| Location | Anne's Lane, South Anne Street, Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′26″N 6°15′34″W / 53.340689°N 6.259553°W |
| Type | Contemporary art gallery |
| Director | David Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, John Kennedy |
| Owner | Co-ownership by David Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, John Kennedy, and Paddy McKillen[1][2] |
| Public transit access | Stephen's Green Luas stop (Green Line) College Green bus stops |
| Website | kerlin |
History
editOriginally opened in 1988,[3] the gallery's current space was designed in 1994 by architect John Pawson.[4] It is located in central Dublin and has 3,600 square feet of gallery space spread over two floors.[4] In 2015, the Artnet website included the gallery in a list of "Europe’s Top 55 Galleries".[5] David Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, and John Kennedy are the gallery's directors.[6]
In 2018, the gallery donated a number of works to the Irish Museum of Modern Art.[2][7]
Selected exhibitions
editKerlin Gallery programs eight exhibitions annually, predominantly solo exhibitions by gallery artists with occasional curated group exhibitions and solo exhibitions by invited artists.[8] In some cases, the gallery has presented multiple solo exhibitions by the same artist. These have included Sean Scully (seven times since 1994),[9] Dorothy Cross (nine times since 1990),[10] Mark Francis (ten times since 1995),[11] Willie Doherty (ten times since 1995),[12] and Elizabeth Magill (eight times since 1989).[13] The gallery also takes on new artists, and presented its first solo exhibitions by Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in 2023,[14] Nathalie Du Pasquier and Zhou Li in 2022,[15][16] and Gerard Byrne in 2018.[17]
Curated group exhibitions have included "HERE COMES LOVE" (2023),[8] "Face to Face" (2018) (curated by Hendrik Driesson, founding director of De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art),[18] "Architecture Schmarchitecture" (2003) (with Isa Genzken, Liam Gillick, Roger Hiorns, Jim Lambie, Sarah Morris and Thomas Scheibitz),[19] and "Newfound Landscape" (1998) (with Uta Barth, Oliver Boberg, Walter Niedermayer, and Esko Manniko).[citation needed] In 2019, the gallery organised Shadowplay with Willie Doherty, Aleana Egan, Liam Gillick, Siobhán Hapaska, and Callum Innes.[20] The title is derived from the song of the same name on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album.[6]
In 2021, it presented a solo exhibition by the conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner.[21] Other invited artists, exhibited at the gallery, have included Andy Warhol, Hiroshi Sugimoto,[22] Richard Hamilton, Francesco Clemente, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen and A.R. Penck.[23]
Publications
editThe gallery is involved in publishing artist publications, including monographs on the Welsh artist Merlin James[24] and the Northern Irish painter William McKeown in 2023,[25] the Irish artist Isabel Nolan in 2020,[26] and the Irish painter Brian Maguire in 2018.[27]
References
edit- ^ "McKillen's Art Work". thephoenix.ie. Phoenix Magazine. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ a b "McKillen's gallery draws €1m tax break for donating art to Imma". thetimes.co.uk. The Times. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Kerlin Gallery Celebrates 30 Years". dublintown.ie. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ a b Reyburn, Scott (1 December 2017). "Dublin Has a 'Grass-Roots' Gallery Weekend. How Much Can It Grow?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Europe's Top Galleries To Know, Part 2". Artnet News. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Artsdesk: In The Shadows - Shadowplay at the Kerlin Gallery". totallydublin.ie. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Kerlin Gallery". occula.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Kerlin Gallery exhibition history". kerlingallery.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Sean Scully CV - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Dorothy Cross CV - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Mark Francis CV - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Willie Doherty CV - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Elizabeth Magill CV - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: Interval Two (Dream Pool)- The Irish Times". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Kerlin Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Nathalie Du Pasquier - Artdaily". artdaily.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Kerlin Gallery presents "Water and Dreams" featuring new paintings by Zhou Li - CAFA". cafa.com.cn. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Is this fake radio station even better than the real thing?". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Face to Face - Exhibitions - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Architecture Schmarchitecture - Exhibitions - Kerlin Gallery". kerlingallery.com. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Shadowplay". artforum.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Lawrence Weiner". artforum.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Dublin's 10 Best Contemporary Art Galleries You Should Visit". ocallaghancollection.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "A Cherished Place". visualartistsireland.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Publication of Merlin James Monograph". sikkemajenkinsco.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "William McKeown, An Open Room, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 30 August–30 September 2023". papervisualart.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Studio Artists - Isabel Nolan". templebargallery.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Maguire Maguire monograph". issuu.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.